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Table 1 Statistical power of the UEMS total sum score model M1 for all simulation settings (1:1 allocation) compared with that of conventional approaches

From: Baseline-adjusted proportional odds models for the quantification of treatment effects in trials with ordinal sum score outcomes

Experimental conditions (1:1 allocation)

Novel model-based methods

Conventional approaches

N total

N trtmt

N ctrl

Odds ratio

Asymptotic ePolr test based on model M1

Permutated ePolr test based on model M1

t-test M1

Wilcoxon rank sum test M1

ANCOVA M1

80

40

40

1.00

.062 [.058,.067]

.049 [.045,.052]

.049 [.046,.053]

.049 [.045,.052]

.048 [.045,.052]

120

60

60

1.00

.061 [.057,.065]

.050 [.046,.053]

.053 [.049,.056]

.050 [.046,.053]

.052 [.049,.056]

160

80

80

1.00

.058 [.054,.062]

.046 [.042,.049]

.049 [.046,.053]

.048 [.045,.051]

.049 [.045,.052]

200

100

100

1.00

.057 [.054,.061]

.048 [.045,.052]

.048 [.044,.051]

.047 [.044,.051]

.048 [.045,.052]

240

120

120

1.00

.061 [.058,.065]

.053 [.049,.056]

.053 [.049,.056]

.052 [.048,.055]

.052 [.049,.056]

80

40

40

1.25

.105 [.099,.111]

.086 [.082,.091]

.077 [.073,.082]

.074 [.070,.078]

.079 [.074,.083]

120

60

60

1.25

.124 [.119,.130]

.103 [.098,.108]

.091 [.086,.095]

.089 [.084,.093]

.091 [.086,.095]

160

80

80

1.25

.142 [.137,.148]

.122 [.117,.128]

.103 [.098,.108]

.104 [.099,.109]

.106 [.101,.111]

200

100

100

1.25

.162 [.156,.168]

.142 [.136,.148]

.124 [.119,.129]

.122 [.117,.128]

.127 [.122,.132]

240

120

120

1.25

.182 [.176,.189]

.162 [.156,.168]

.136 [.131,.142]

.135 [.130,.141]

.139 [.133,.145]

80

40

40

1.50

.194 [.186,.202]

.164 [.158,.170]

.145 [.139,.151]

.143 [.137,.148]

.146 [.140,.151]

120

60

60

1.50

.265 [.258,.273]

.233 [.227,.240]

.194 [.188,.200]

.195 [.189,.202]

.199 [.193,.205]

160

80

80

1.50

.328 [.321,.336]

.298 [.290,.305]

.243 [.236,.250]

.241 [.234,.248]

.246 [.239,.253]

200

100

100

1.50

.393 [.385,.401]

.364 [.356,.371]

.289 [.281,.296]

.290 [.282,.297]

.296 [.288,.303]

240

120

120

1.50

.447 [.439,.455]

.416 [.408,.424]

.331 [.324,.339]

.334 [.327,.342]

.339 [.332,.347]

80

40

40

1.75

.294 [.285,.303]

.260 [.253,.268]

.225 [.218,.232]

.221 [.214,.228]

.227 [.221,.234]

120

60

60

1.75

.424 [.415,.432]

.384 [.376,.392]

.325 [.318,.333]

.321 [.314,.329]

.327 [.320,.335]

160

80

80

1.75

.533 [.525,.541]

.497 [.489,.505]

.408 [.400,.416]

.407 [.399,.415]

.414 [.406,.422]

200

100

100

1.75

.630 [.622,.638]

.596 [.589,.604]

.492 [.484,.500]

.494 [.486,.502]

.499 [.491,.507]

240

120

120

1.75

.709 [.701,.716]

.678 [.670,.685]

.569 [.561,.577]

.575 [.567,.583]

.576 [.568,.584]

80

40

40

2.00

.430 [.420,.440]

.383 [.375,.391]

.320 [.312,.327]

.315 [.308,.323]

.323 [.315,.330]

120

60

60

2.00

.586 [.578,.595]

.543 [.535,.551]

.458 [.450,.466]

.460 [.452,.468]

.462 [.454,.470]

160

80

80

2.00

.719 [.712,.727]

.685 [.677,.692]

.574 [.566,.582]

.579 [.571,.587]

.580 [.572,.588]

200

100

100

2.00

.805 [.799,.812]

.782 [.776,.789]

.676 [.668,.683]

.681 [.673,.688]

.681 [.673,.688]

240

120

120

2.00

.862 [.856,.867]

.846 [.840,.852]

.750 [.743,.757]

.753 [.746,.760]

.756 [.749,.763]

80

40

40

2.25

.534 [.524,.543]

.488 [.480,.496]

.428 [.420,.436]

.421 [.413,.429]

.426 [.418,.434]

120

60

60

2.25

.717 [.709,.724]

.678 [.671,.686]

.588 [.581,.596]

.591 [.583,.599]

.591 [.583,.599]

160

80

80

2.25

.832 [.826,.838]

.809 [.803,.815]

.707 [.700,.715]

.710 [.703,.717]

.712 [.704,.719]

200

100

100

2.25

.905 [.900,.909]

.887 [.882,.892]

.797 [.791,.804]

.801 [.795,.808]

.802 [.795,.808]

240

120

120

2.25

.950 [.946,.953]

.941 [.937,.945]

.873 [.868,.879]

.876 [.871,.881]

.877 [.871,.882]

80

40

40

2.50

.637 [.627,.646]

.588 [.580,.595]

.509 [.501,.517]

.504 [.496,.512]

.508 [.500,.516]

120

60

60

2.50

.816 [.809,.822]

.783 [.776,.789]

.689 [.682,.697]

.694 [.686,.701]

.693 [.685,.700]

160

80

80

2.50

.909 [.904,.913]

.892 [.887,.897]

.807 [.801,.814]

.808 [.802,.815]

.813 [.807,.819]

200

100

100

2.50

.957 [.954,.960]

.948 [.944,.951]

.888 [.882,.893]

.889 [.883,.894]

.891 [.885,.895]

240

120

120

2.50

.983 [.981,.985]

.979 [.977,.982]

.934 [.930,.938]

.936 [.932,.940]

.936 [.932,.940]

80

40

40

2.75

.715 [.706,.724]

.677 [.669,.684]

.597 [.590,.605]

.591 [.583,.599]

.599 [.591,.607]

120

60

60

2.75

.881 [.875,.886]

.856 [.850,.862]

.775 [.768,.782]

.776 [.769,.783]

.777 [.771,.784]

160

80

80

2.75

.952 [.948,.955]

.941 [.937,.945]

.884 [.879,.889]

.886 [.881,.891]

.888 [.882,.893]

200

100

100

2.75

.981 [.979,.983]

.977 [.975,.979]

.937 [.933,.941]

.940 [.936,.944]

.940 [.936,.944]

240

120

120

2.75

.994 [.992,.995]

.992 [.990,.993]

.972 [.969,.975]

.973 [.970,.975]

.974 [.972,.977]

80

40

40

3.00

.781 [.773,.789]

.743 [.736,.750]

.665 [.657,.672]

.660 [.653,.668]

.665 [.657,.673]

120

60

60

3.00

.926 [.922,.930]

.908 [.903,.913]

.841 [.835,.847]

.841 [.835,.847]

.843 [.837,.849]

160

80

80

3.00

.975 [.973,.978]

.968 [.965,.971]

.929 [.925,.933]

.929 [.925,.933]

.930 [.926,.934]

200

100

100

3.00

.992 [.991,.994]

.990 [.988,.992]

.967 [.964,.969]

.968 [.965,.970]

.969 [.966,.972]

240

120

120

3.00

.998 [.997,.999]

.997 [.997,.998]

.987 [.985,.989]

.988 [.986,.989]

.988 [.986,.989]

  1. Point estimates of the statistical power and 95% Wilson confidence intervals are reported